Nightlife

RUNDGREN IN RIDGEFIELD | Todd Rundgren returns to the Ridgefield Playhouse with his Classic Todd Hits Show on Tuesday at 8 p.m. His smashes include 'I Saw the Light,' 'Hello, It's Me' and 'Can We Still Be Friends?' A rock and roll maverick, Rundgren is known as a musical genius both as a performer and songwriter. For tickets ($62), call the box office at 203-438-5795 or visit ridgefieldplayhouse.org. The Ridgefield Playhouse is a not-for-profit performing arts center located at 80 East Ridge, parallel to Main Street, in Ridgefield. Credit: contributed

The Dave Matthews Band is heading indoors. The popular jam band is performing Dec. 8 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, a departure from the band's usual outdoor summer stops at Hartford's Comcast Theatre. The band has been a regular at the open-air venue for the past two decades, with shows that often feature parking lot tailgate parties prior to and following the show.

The Mohegan Sun show is part of a winter tour supporting the band's new album, "Away From the World."

Tickets are $80 or $70, and will go on sale Oct. 19. For details, visit mohegansun.com.

POLITICAL ENTERTAINMENT: Local crooner Steve Tropasso will sing at a party for Republican senatorial candidate Linda McMahon in Southington this weekend.

Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani are also scheduled to make appearances at the event.

Tropasso performs frequently around the region, and is best known for performing often for football coach Mike Ditka, who visits Connecticut during football season to appear on sports channel ESPN.

CHRISTIAN ROCK: Seventh Day Slumber will bring its "Small Town America" tour to Watertown High School, 324 French St., on Oct. 27. The concert also features performances by Blank Pages and The Beautiful Refrains.

Doors open at 6 p.m.; the show starts at 7. Tickets for the event are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Call 800-945-9324 or visit www.itickets.com for details.

INFINITY, PART TWO: Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced last week the Department of Economic and Community Development has requested $1.3 million in bond funding to assist Norfolk's Infinity Music Hall and Bistro in opening a second, larger location in the Front Street District of Hartford.

The new location would seat 500 with a restaurant seating 100. The 300-seat Infinity Music Hall and Bistro in Norfolk has hosted more than 900 shows and served more than 100,000 patrons since opening in 2008.

Infinity Music Hall on Front Street is expected to be completed in late 2013.

TALENT, LIVE: NBC's "America's Got Talent" will bring the top fan-favorite acts from the show to Hartford's Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts on March 10.

The live tour will be hosted by Jerry Springer, and features acts from current and past seasons: Landau Eugene Murphy Jr., Eric Dittleman, Anna Graceman and Jerret and Raja, among others.

Tickets are $85, $65, $45 and $25 and are on sale at the box office, via phone at 860-987-5900 or at bushnell.org. VIP meet-and-greet tickets are $150.

COUNTRY LEGEND: George Strait will bring his "The Cowboy Rides Away" tour to the XL Center in Hartford on Feb. 23. Special guest for the performance will be Martina McBride.

The tour will give fans a final opportunity to see Strait perform hits from throughout his career, which has included 59 number one songs, earned him more than 60 major industry awards and sold more than 65 million albums.

Tickets, which go on sale Oct. 12, start at $69.50.

For details, visit georgestrait.com. Fan club members can purchase tickets starting Tuesday at the website.

KIDS' SHOW: Popular cartoon characters Max & Ruby will be live on stage in "Max & Ruby in the Nutcracker Suite," set for Dec. 11 at Wallingford's Oakdale Theatre. Tickets are $45, $35 and $25 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Visit livenation.com for details.

LENNON ART: If you are in the Big Apple this weekend, you can see an exhibit featuring artwork by the late John Lennon.

One hundred drawings and sketches by the late Beatle will be on display through Tuesday at 130 Prince St. in the SoHo section of New York. The exhibit, which runs for one week only, is titled "The Artwork of John Lennon" and is being presented by his widow, Yoko Ono, as well as Bag One Arts and Legacy Productions.

The show, which marks what would have been Lennon's 72nd birthday, covers the years 1964 to 1980, the year he was fatally shot outside his New York apartment.

A $2 donation is suggested to view the show; the funds will benefit City Meals-On-Wheels.

THIS WEEK IN ROCK HISTORY: On this day in 1970, Janis Joplin is found dead in a room at the Landmark Motel in Hollywood. She died from an accidental heroin overdose.

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